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<h2>About JavaFX Projects</h2>
<p> <small><a href="#seealso">See Also</a>&nbsp; </small> 
<p>A project is a group of source files and the settings with which you build,
	 run, and debug those source files. In the IDE, all JavaFX  development has to
	take  place within a project. For applications that involve large code bases,
	it is often advantageous to split your application source code into several
	projects.
<p>The IDE builds its project infrastructure directly on top of Apache Ant, the 
  leading build tool for Java applications. The IDE stores all of the information 
  about your project in an Ant script, a properties file, and a few XML configuration 
  files. This means that you can build and run your JavaFX projects outside of the IDE 
exactly the same as inside the IDE.  
<p>The IDE includes a JavaFX project template designed to support JavaFX applications. 
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		<li>You do not need an in-depth understanding of Ant
		to work with the IDE as the
	 provided JavaFX project template automatically generates
	an Ant script and properties based on the options you enter in the IDE. </li>
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  <dt><a name="seealso">See Also</a></dt>
  <dd><a href="javafx_proj_process.html">Working with JavaFX Projects</a></dd>
  <dd><a href="javafx_proj_quickref.html">JavaFX Project Tasks: Quick Reference</a>
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